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While no such measures have been proposed in Weld County, several ballot measures attempting to restrict oil and gas exploration in neighboring municipalities were successful, according to preliminary polling results.

In Fort Collins, a measure that would ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for five years received 55 percent of votes.

That city council initially banned fracking in March but reversed its decision following threats of a lawsuit. The question of imposing a five-year moratorium was added to the ballot after the city council accepted a citizen’s initiative to do so.

A ballot question asking voters to extend a current moratorium on new oil and gas exploration within Boulder city limits until June 2018 passed by a large margin, with 77 percent of voters in favor.

A ballot measure in Lafayette that prohibits new oil and gas exploration within the city limits indefinitely passed with 58 percent support.

In Broomfield, a similar measure was failing by a small margin of 49.49 percent to 50.51 percent, with votes still being counted. It was the only anti-fracking measure that appeared headed for defeat in the state.

Other municipalities in the area have attempted to ban fracking.

The city of Loveland had planned to put a fracking ban on the ballot, but the vote was delayed because of a lawsuit filed against the measure.

Longmont approved a fracking ban within city limits last year. The Colorado Oil and Gas Association filed a lawsuit in response to the moratorium. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission — the regulatory arm of the state — along with the State of Colorado joined the lawsuit. That lawsuit is ongoing.

In Weld, the state’s top producer of oil and gas, no ban at the county or city levels have been attempted.